Implement for weaving filler-wires in wire fences



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\ A. GREELEY. IMPLEMENT FOR WEAVING FILLER WIRES IN WIRE FENCES. No. 519,154. Patented May 1; 1894.

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LEWIS ALLSTON GREELEY, OF MORENCI, MICHIGAN IMPLEMENT-FOR WEAVING FILLER-WIRES IN WIRE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,154., dated May 1, 1894. I

Application 516a January 23,1894. Serial No. 497.764- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it ltnown that I, LEWIS ALLSTON GREE- LEY, acitlzen of the United States, residing at Morenc i, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implements for Weaving Filler-Wires in Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an mplement for weaving wire fences or apply ng filling wires tothe longitudinal wires while the latter are on the fence posts, and at the same time to devise an implement or tool which will successfully handle either light or heavy wire and will allow both the iongitudlnal and filling wires to bespaced as far apart or as near together as desired, so that or a light poultry fence, may be made with equalfacility.

Thls invention consists in combining a bar,

a pin or spool supported in such relation to sald bar as will leave a space between it and the bar and adapted to receive and hold a coil of w1re; and a post connecting the bar and said pm, as will be hereinafter fully set forth. The lnvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 is a bottom plan viewof the weaving tool or implement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4

1s a view of one of the coils of wire. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the weaving tool with a coil of mm 1n position on it. Fig. 6 showsa modification of the tool. Fig. 7 is a viewshowing the longitudinal wires stretched on the fence posts. Fig. 8 shows on a larger scale the manner of applying the weaving tool to the longitudinal wires when commencing to put on the filler wires. Fig. 9 shows the next step and illustrates a filler wire attached tothe two uppermost longitudinal wires. Fig. 10 isa view showing the filler wires fully applied as they are on the finished fence.

In making fences of this character the posts, A, are first set upand then the longitudinal wires, b, are stretched and attached in any preferred way to the posts; these wires may be spread apart any desired distance. The next step is to apply the filling or vertical wires, and my "nvention has reference to this I latter operation.

By my invention each of the filling wires of the filler wire.

wire is necessary to the use of my tool, which will now be described.

The letter, C, designates a bar, handle, or lever, for convenience I will term it a bar;

this bar is made of steel hardened and preferably is provided with a suitable guide for A post, d, of suitable construction is firmly attached to the bar, and a pin, E, to hold a coil of wire is supported by this post near the bar. In the present instance the post, d,has an oblique foot-piece, d, which is at a. right-angle with respect to the post; the foot-piece is securely riveted to thebar, C. I The pin or spool, E, extends laterally from the post, and in a transverse direction or a direction at right angles with respect to the bar O in the present instance being rigidly held or supported from the post by one end, as plainly shown in Fig. 3. The pin or spool, E,has such relation to the bar, 0, as to have a space, 9, between the two (see Fig. 3) in order that a coiled wire may be slipped on the projecting end of the pin or spool. This pin, or spool, is cylindric and fixed so that a coil of filler wire placed loosely on it will revolve readily and thereby unwind. The guide for the filler wire as it uncoils is located in the bar in a direct vertical line under the pin or spool and may comprise a notch, 6, formed in the edge of thebar,

or, instead of the notch, a hole, indicated by a broken line circle, e, may be made through the bar. The parts may be arranged and constructed to dispense with the guide, it being simply necessary that in drawing the in Fig. i, and is shown mounted on the pin,

E, in readiness for use, in Fig. 5.

In order to place the filler wires in a true vertical line a spacer-board, I, IS'QIIIIJIDYBCI;

this spacer has loose staples, j, through which the strands or wires, 19, pass; the spacer-board has a perpendicular position on these wires and may be shifted or slid along them and keeps the wires, b, at proper distances apart.

The manner of using the tool may be stated as follows: On one end of the coiled fillerwire a hook, k, is formed by any convenient means, and either before the said coil is placed on the pin or spool, E, or after it has been so placed thereon. The spacer-board, I, must he slid along the strands or wires, b, to the place where it is desired to weave in the first filler wire, H; the tool, with a coil of wire in position on the pin, E, is then taken in the hand with the bar, 0, uppermost, or in position above the pin and coil, and the hook, 7c, on

the end of the coil is placed or engaged over,

the topmost strand, 6, as shown in Fig. 8. That edge of the bar, 0, across which the filler wire passes as it uncoils, must be kept next to the spacer-board. The operator will now thrust one of his arms between the strands, b, so that each of his hands may grasp an opposite end of the bar, 0, and then press the tool straight down alongside of the spacer-board until the bar touches the second strand or the one next to the top; the coil, H, will unwind by revolving on the pin, E. The weaving tool will now be drawn or swung away from the second strand to allow one end of the bar to be thrust under this strand far enough to bring the tiller wire in contact with said strand, and then using the bar, 0, in the manner of a lever the tool will be revolved about the strand to cause the filler wire to make one or more winds, Z, around it, see Fig. 9. In this figure only one wind, Z, is shown, but two or three winds may be made if preferred. In this operation of revolving the tool about the strand, in cases where the tool has a guide notch, care should be taken to keep the filler wire in the guide notch, as thereby the Wind, Z, will be drawn tight and the tool will be steadied. When pressing the tool straight down from one strand to another the power that is required to uncoil the wire, together with the friction produced by turning the coil on the fixed or rigid pin, E, straightens out the convolutions of the coiled wire. When using the bar, 0,

as a lever to revolve the tool about one of the strands, b, for the purpose of winding the filler wire around the strand, the friction retool as before.

about the strand; this can be done by simply grasping the end of the hook in one of the notches, f, f, in the bar and revolving the These notches are of diiferent sizes to suit larger or smaller wires. Having finished the applicationof one filler wire, the next step is to slide the spacer-board along the strands, b, to the point where the next filler wire is to be applied, and then the operation already described is repeated.

In the modification, Fig. 6, the post, (1', is formed integral with the bar, by simply bending the end of the bar and giving it a quarter twist.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hand-operated tool for weaving the tiller wires in wire fences, comprising a leverbar; a pin for holding a wire-coil and extending in a transverse direction with respect to the lever-bar and supported so as to leave a space between it and the bar; and a post connecting the bar and one end of said pin.

2. A hand-operated tool for weaving the filler wires in wire fences, comprising a leverbar; a pin for supporting a wire-coil and extending in a direction transversely with respect to thelever-bar and supported so as to leave a space between it and said bar; a post connecting the lever-bar and one end of said pin; and a guide in the lever-bar in a direct vertical line below the said pin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in 

